4/5
スター・ウォーズ.
9 Episodes. Starring: Masaki Terasoma, Daisuke Namikawa, Takako Honda, Manaka Iwami, Aki Toyosaki, Anna Sawai, Ronny Chieng, Karen Fukuhara, Freddie Highmore, George Takei, Harvey Guillén, Jodie Turner-Smith, Judith Light, Simu Liu, Stephanie Hsu & Steve Buscemi. Created By: Kanako Shirasaki. On: Disney +.
The anime anthology of Kanako Shirasaki's 'Star Wars-Visions' finds the high ground once again, in its third season, by returning to the format of being solely produced by Japanese anime studios. The second season was varied and fun, but this third time is the charm of taking us back to the outstanding origins. Culture and animation meet like two lightsabres striking each other, just like in the return of 'The Duel', in groundbreaking, grainy black and white, for some perfect 'Payback' you never saw coming. One that will add some more 'Star Wars' lore to these calligraphy like brushstrokes of our Ronin, a samurai without a master, but with a couple of Jedi in his corner. A new classic with a worthy sequel. Then, on 'The Song Of Four Wings', a princess, who could give Studio Ghibli's Laputa a run for her rebelliousness, takes you through a terrific, tundra trip, ripped with some video game soundtrack and some cute companions. Not to mention her own X-Wing jetpack and the best look at AT-ATs since they were lassoed up like Spider-Man. This is how anime can even take Star Wars to strange new worlds...wait, wrong franchise.
And if you thought she was heroic, and those androids, adorable, then just you wait for the force of 'The Ninth Jedi' to be with you, and its own saga beginning. All for more parts and spin-offs for this amazing anthology of separate storytelling with strands of plot longer than soba in this soup. To be continued with the next part's episode, but not before there's an even bigger bounty to have and be hunted in an epic episode voiced internationally by 'Shogun' star Anna Sawai and classic comedian Ronny Chieng. Making for a compelling pairing, we'd love to see in live action. Hey, Disney are doing it with everything and everyone else. 'Yuko's Treasure' is a real, fond find which shows you what it would be like if 'Star Wars' met 'Ghibli', like Grogu and those Dust Bunnies, and starred a 'SpyxFamily' like Anya. And we even have a neighbouring character, cuter than Totoro. This will really move you in the only hope of the end. Voiced by Masaki Terasoma, Daisuke Namikawa, Takako Honda, Manaka Iwami, Aki Toyosaki, and the likes of Freddie Highmore, George Takei, Harvey Guillén, Jodie Turner-Smith, Judith Light, Simu Liu, Stephanie Hsu and Steve Buscemi internationally, these Japanese roots reach to galaxies far, far away.
Now, if you're feeling like 'The Lost Ones', then the outstretched hand of a real hero will help you, in this atmospheric animation from Kinema Citrus Co. Especially when it peels back the layers to find the fruit of the past. As perfect as the poster, this episode between 'Revenge' and 'Hope', internationally stars Karen Fukuhara of 'The Boys' and 'Bullet Train' fame, and focuses on mentor and apprentice relationships that will cut you more times than Anakin. A worthy sequel in matrimony to 'The Village Bride'. Smuggling more on the seventh episode, like an awakening force, for the shortest part of the set, but one that could hold so much more in its series future. Produced by Studio Trigger and first announced during the Star Wars Celebration in Japan in April, this one rescuing a fugitive is a runaway hit. Fighting and taking flight through Star Wars history and its own visionary legacy. Then, the penultimate part, 'The Bird Of Paradise', shows you real sight through the third eye of a Jedi Padawan blinded in battle. These trails and parts will take you through yours, with proverb affirmation, as we head into the New Year of the Fire Horse. All before 'BLACK' fades to anything but. A psychedelic, fever dream devoid of dialogue, but one that speaks volumes as one of the most visionary yet. And now we have 'The Ninth Jedi' ('Star Wars Visions Presents') anime to look forward to. Sound and vision. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Further Filming: 'Star Wars: The Bad Batch', 'Love, Death + Robots', 'What If...?'.
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